Engineering Programme - Year 1

The common-core curriculum in year 1 provides students with broad-based multi-disciplinary engineering training:

• Technical and scientific courses make up 70% of the curriculum with the remaining 30% of the programme devoted to business sciences, social sciences, modern languages and sport.
• A total of 748 hours of classes are thus delivered over two semesters, including 168 hours of elective courses.
• Students benefit from first-hand professional experience during year 1 with a student business project in the second semester and a 4-week internship to discover the business world in July/August.
• Students also commit to a civic engagement during their first year of studies whereby they make a contribution to society through volunteer work.
• Through a large choice of courses on offer in Business Sciences, students will grasp the reality of the industrial world: self-knowledge to integrate into the company, professional attitude, entrepreneurship and innovation.

	lecture hours	tutorial hours	lab hours	project hours	total hours	ECTS credits
Modelling Approaches in Mechanical Engineering	28	28	16		72	8
Product Design and Development	8	22	42		72	8
Physics and Fluid Dynamics	14	14	8		36	4
Engineering Elective - choose 1 of 5:					36	4
1. Information Systems	16	10	10
2. Electronics, Electric Actuators, Embedded Systems	14	10	12
3. Materials	10	10	16
4. Applied Thermodynamics	14	22
5. Biology	17	13	6
Modern Languages 1		26			26	1
Modern Languages 2		26			26	1
Sports and Physical Education		26			26	1
Business Sciences					48	1 *
Social Sciences					16
TOTAL					358	28

* 1 ECTS credit for Business and Social Sciences

 

	lecture hours	tutorial hours	lab hours	project hours	total hours	ECTS credits
Engineering Mathematics	16	44	12		72	8
From Measurement to Control	26	26	20		72	8
Algorithms and Programming	6	12	18		36	4
Engineering Elective - choose 1 of 5:					36	4
1. Information Systems	16	10	10
2. Electronics, Electric Actuators, Embedded Systems	14	10	12
3. Materials	10	10	16
4. Applied Thermodynamics	14	22
5. Biology	17	13	6
Modern Languages 1		26			26	1
Modern Languages 2		26			26	1
Sports and Physical Education		26			26	1
Business Sciences					48	1*
Social Sciences					16
Student Business Project				32	32	1
Internship & Civic Engagement						3
TOTAL					390	32

* 1 ECTS credit for Business and Social Sciences

In addition to the acquisition of technical and scientific expertise, Centrale Nantes places a strong emphasis on personal development and the fostering of soft skills.

Two modern languages (English and a choice of second language) and sport are taught throughout the three years of the engineering programme.

Business Sciences courses include: Engineering and Personal Development, Business and Organisations, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management and Strategy. First year students also choose two Social Science courses.

For full course details download the full programme by semester on this page.